Category: Risk Analysis

Martial Arts for Media Watchers: A Review of Steven J. Milloy’s “Junk Science Judo – Self Defense Against Health Scares and Scams,” by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #371 /
If you plan on reading another newspaper or watching the nightly news, you need to read Steven J. Milloy's Junk Science Judo - Self Defense Against Health Scares and Scams.1 Milloy's new book is written to enable the reader - ...
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Mr. President, Use your Bully Pulpit: Bush is Right on Environmental Issues, But Fails to Say So, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #353 /
The July 27 U.S. House of Representatives vote to arbitrarily set a limit of ten parts per billion for arsenic in drinking water provided yet another example of the Bush Administration's stunning inability to articulate positive environmental messages, even when ...
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Campaign to Save Our Environment Plays Loose with the Truth on Arsenic, by Tom Randall

National Policy Analysis #343 /
The "Campaign to Save Our Environment," a coalition including the Natural Resources Defense Council and the U.S. Public Interest Research Group (PIRG), has begun running a television commercial so misleading it poses potentially serious harm to both the environment and ...
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Advice to the President-Elect: Improve the Status of the White House Science Advisor

National Policy Analysis #321 /
George W. Bush - like Ronald Reagan before him - recognizes the importance of expert advice. The stage, then, is set for a badly-needed White House staff reform: Elevation of the White House science advisor to a more prominent, independent ...
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Government Attack on Dietary Supplements Lean on Facts, by Council Nedd

Project 21 Commentary /
Reprints permitted provided source is credited. I've never been surprised by the foolish actions of our federal government. Like all things, it follows the laws of nature - and nature abhors a vacuum. If left unchecked, our government behaves similarly, ...
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Print Trumps Broadcast Media in Accurate Reporting of Bioengineered Corn Recall

National Policy Analysis #311 /
Now that the corn dust has settled regarding Kraft Food's voluntary recall of taco shells containing bioengineered corn not approved for humans, it is time to assess how well the media covered this story. My grade: C. But there were ...
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The Environmental Movement: Profiting from the Politics of Fear, by John Carlisle

National Policy Analysis #313 /
Consumer beware. The next time a "public interest" group frightens you with claims that the food you eat, the milk you drink or the fruit you seek is unsafe, be forewarned that its warnings may not be based on the ...
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How the Environmental Protection Agency Became a Public Health Risk, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #304 /
If the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) was established to safeguard the nation's environment, then why does it require people to purchase gasoline that pollutes the water and makes them sick? That, after all, is the result of the EPA's controversial ...
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Bio-Foods Can Improve Nutrition in America, Cut Starvation and Disease in Africa, by John Meredith

Project 21 Commentary /
Wouldn't you rather eat a banana than get a shot? I know that I would. Science now makes it possible to get a vaccination against hepatitis, which kills an estimated 100 million people per year worldwide, simply by eating a ...
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Biotechnology: Putting an End to World Hunger, by Michael Centrone

National Policy Analysis #289 /
Agricultural biotechnology, a dynamic new science that uses genetic engineering to enhance the output and value of many agricultural products, may hold the key to helping stop world hunger. But if the environmental movement has its way, further development of ...
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